Viktor Gyokeres has had a decent start to his Arsenal career, even if goals have been hard to come by in recent weeks.

The Sweden international made the move to Emirates Stadium from Sporting CP in the summer, with the Gunners agreeing to pay an initial fee of £55million (€63.5million), as well as an additional £8.5million (€10million) in bonuses. The 27-year-old came to London with the reputation of being a clinical striker having scored 97 goals in 102 games for Sporting over two seasons.

Gyokeres has not scored since the 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on September 13, however, but his performances have been decent on the whole. "I loved it," Mikel Arteta said when asked what he thought of Gyokeres' performance away at Newcastle. "I absolutely loved how he took it. He went on board and there wasn't a single moment where he showed frustration.

"I told him that he was going to get some decisions and some not and he was going to have two or three players around him, but I loved his reaction a lot. The way he handled the situation emotionally and also because he was involved in a lot of dangerous...